| BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic fellow travelers, and the influence his work has had on generations of other creators. While touching on significant moments in Brakhage’s biography, the film celebrates Brakhage’s visionary genius, and explores the extraordinary artistic possibilities of cinema, a medium mostly known only for its commercial applications in the form of narratives, cartoons, documentaries, and advertising. BRAKHAGE combines excerpts from Brakhage’s films and films of other avant-garde filmmakers (eg, George Kuchar, Jonas Mekas, Willie Varela, Bruce Elder, and others); interviews with Brakhage, his friends, family, colleagues, and critics; archival footage of Brakhage spanning the past thirty-five years; and location shooting in Boulder, Colorado and New York. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 17, 1998 |
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| Director: | Jim Shedden |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Production Companies | Sphinx Productions |
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| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Stan Brakhage | Self |
| Jane Wodening | Self |
| Marilyn Brakhage | Self |
| Neowyn Brakhage | Self |
| Bearthm Brakhage | Self |
| Jerry Aronson | Self |
| P. Adams Sitney | Self |
| Phil Solomon | Self |
| James Tenney | Self |
| Bart Testa | Self |
| Allen Ginsberg | Self (archive footage) |
| George Kuchar | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
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| Jim Shedden | Editor, Director |
| Eric Fitz | Sound |
| Luke Sneyd | Assistant Director |
| Alexa-Frances Shaw | Editor, Cinematography |
| James Tenney | Music |
| Name | Title |
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| Alexa-Frances Shaw | Producer |
| Ron Mann | Executive Producer |
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